Thesaurus / distract
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He was so full of pretty ways and dainty devices for to distract my mind, I never thought of counting.
THE MERRIE TALES OF JACQUES TOURNEBROCHEANATOLE FRANCEIrresponsible as he is, he must be allowed to move about without anything to distract his attention.
THE CIRCULAR STUDYANNA KATHARINE GREENHome, where nothing comes to distract me from my gnawing griefs and almost intolerable thoughts.
THE CIRCULAR STUDYANNA KATHARINE GREENMy time was chiefly spent in talking, and listening to the conversation of others, in order to distract my attention.
MY TEN YEARS' IMPRISONMENTSILVIO PELLICOHe quickly loosed a deer which was tied to his saddle, but the prey was not sufficient to distract them from their purpose.
STORIES ABOUT ANIMALS: WITH PICTURES TO MATCHFRANCIS C. WOODWORTHThere was nothing to distract him from the sordidness of the bickering household in George Street.
THE LIFE OF MAZZINIBOLTON KINGThink you, the thoughts of my own heart are not enough to distract me, and with such a sight as this before me?
THE FORTUNES OF NIGELSIR WALTER SCOTTIs it really not enough for you, who have had so many other affairs to excite and distract you?
THE NAPOLEON OF NOTTING HILLGILBERT K. CHESTERTONHe means to distract attention from his own laziness, that's all.
THE OPENED SHUTTERSCLARA LOUISE BURNHAMBut go and see him yourself,' he urged; 'it may distract his mind and do him good?'
MRS. SKAGGS'S HUSBANDS AND OTHER STORIESBRET HARTEWORDS RELATED TO DISTRACT
- addles
- amazes
- bamboozles
- beats
- befogs
- befuddles
- bemuses
- bewilders
- buffalos
- complicates
- confounds
- discombobulates
- disconcerts
- distracts
- disturbs
- dumbfounds
- flabbergasts
- floors
- flummoxes
- foils
- frustrates
- gets to
- mystifies
- nonpluses
- obscures
- perplexes
- poses
- profundicates
- psyches out
- puts off
- rattles
- snows
- stirs
- stumbles
- stumps
- throws
- agitate
- bewilder
- bowl over
- buffalo
- chill
- confound
- daunt
- demoralize
- disarm
- discombobulate
- disconcert
- discourage
- dishearten
- dismay
- dispirit
- distract
- enervate
- enfeeble
- floor
- fluster
- frighten
- get to
- give a turn
- needle
- perturb
- psych out
- rattle
- ride
- sap
- shake
- spook
- throw
- throw off
- uncalm
- undermine
- unhinge
- unsettle
- weaken
- afflict
- agitate
- ail
- bewilder
- bug
- confound
- cramp
- craze
- debilitate
- derange
- discombobulate
- discompose
- disconcert
- dismay
- disquiet
- distract
- distress
- disturb
- egg on
- fire up
- flip
- flip out
- floor
- flurry
- fluster
- get to
- give a hard time
- grieve
- incapacitate
- indispose
- key up
- lay up
- make a scene
- make waves
- perturb
- pick on
- pother
- psych
- rattle
- rock the boat
- ruffle
- sicken
- spook
- stir up
- throw off balance
- turn
- turn on
- unhinge
- unnerve
- unsettle
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